"Years ago, when push email was first introduced to mobile devices, it was thought to be a business solution and was marketed as such. Of course, the speed and convenience of pushing email and PIM to a mobile device has obvious benefits to the business user, but this technology is no longer a luxury afforded only to businesses. The BES technology that popularized push email is now available to individuals as a hosted option through carriers and elsewhere. Beyond that, a variety of companies have developed alternate means of pushing email and PIM to mobile clients that use similar technology. As is the trend with most mobile technology, push email is now cheaper and faster than ever before and there are plenty of options to choose from.
With S60 being the most popular "smart" mobile platform in the world, it only makes sense that there are a variety of options available when it comes to pushing email to your mobile. Ranging from free to quite costly, it can be very time consuming to weigh all of the pros and cons in order to determine if there is value in paying for push. On the other side of the coin, it is important to ensure that the free and/or inexpensive options are convenient and feature-rich enough to be worth your while. Hopefully this comparison will take most of the grunt work out of this potentially daunting selection process."